Gunmen kill FUTA Deputy Registrar, Amos Arijesuyo, along Ilesha-Akure road

Tragedy has hit the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, with the death of one of its Deputy Registrars and Head of Guidance and Counselling Unit, Stufents’ Affairs Division, Dr Amos Arijesuyo.

He reportedly died on Saturday from gunshot wounds inflicted on him by gunmen who ambushed the vehicle he was travelling in from Ibadan to Akure.

The deathly ambush by the gunmen who had yet to be identified as of the time of publishing this report took place on Saturday on the expressway between Ilesha and Akure.

FUTA authorities confirmed the incident on Monday in a statement issued by Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, deputy director, corporate communications.

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The statement said Dr Arijesuyo died of injuries from the gunshots wound he suffered when his private vehicle was attacked along the Ilesa-Akure Road in the evening of Saturday January 16, 2021.

According to Adebanjo, the deputy registrar  was returning to Akure from a trip to Ibadan when his vehicle ran into an ambush laid by unknown gunmen who were operating on the road around 5.30 PM.

“The bandits shot sporadically at the vehicle targeting the five occupants. Unfortunately some of the bullets hit Dr Arijesuyo and the driver. The driver managed to drive the vehicle away from the scene of the attack and concerted efforts were made to seek immediate medical help.

“However Dr Arijesuyo succumbed to the fatal injuries from the gunshots he suffered during the hellish encounter while the driver is recuperating at a hospital,” the statement said.

He stated that “The University condemns in the strongest terms this senseless attack that has led to the untimely death of an erudite University administrator and counsellor per excellence.

“Dr Arijesuyo’s death is a big loss to FUTA , the academic community in Nigeria and beyond. It is a death that should not have happened in the first place. It is the hope of the management, staff and students of FUTA that security agencies will go after the evil men who carried out the dastardly act and make them face the full weight of the law and just recompense for their heinous crime.

“Our prayers and thoughts are with the wife, children and family members of our departed colleague at this difficult period of unquantifiable grief.”

He prayed that God  would grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable and painful loss and grant the deceased eternal repose.